Background
Allen, Lyman Whitney was born on November 19, 1854 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of George Otis and Julia Olds (Whitney) Allen.
Allen, Lyman Whitney was born on November 19, 1854 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of George Otis and Julia Olds (Whitney) Allen.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1878, later Master of Arts Princeton Theological Seminary, 1878-1880. Post-graduate studies at Princeton.
Doctor of Divinity, University of Wooster, 1897.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1882. Stated supply Kimmswick, Missouri, 1881-1883, De-Soto, Missouri, 1883-1885. Pastor electrical Carondelet Church, Saint Louis, 1885-1889.
Pastor South. Park Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1889-1916 (resigned to devote entire time to literature work).
Director Board Home Missions Presbyterian Church, 1896-1921. President New Jersey Society Sons of the American Revolution (board of managers), 1920-1922.
Chaplain general National Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1921. Author: Abraham Lincoln (New York Herald’s $1000 prize poem), 1895.
Parable of the Rose and Other Poems, 1908.
Triumph of Love, 1910. Also many celebration odes, articles, et cetera Home: Newark, New Jersey.
Married Myra Irwin, September 5, 1880 (died 1900). Married second, Mistress. Married 3d, Nellie L. Campbell, September 14, 1921.
Children: June Thornton (Mistress William M. Gardiner), Mildred Steele (Mistress Egbert A. Jurgensen), Thornton Whitney, Marguerite Irwin (Mistress Nathan Hesslem).